enfever

E1N1F4E1V4E1R1

verb

to cause to have a fever, or frenzy

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbenfever (third-person singular simple present enfevers, present participle enfevering, simple past and past participle enfevered)

present singular third person enfevers · participle present enfevering · participle past enfevered · past enfevered

  1. transitiveto cause to have a fever, or frenzy

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishfever
  9. Englishenfever

From en- + fever.

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APA

enfever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfever

MLA

“enfever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfever. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enfever,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfever.

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